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• I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
  -- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787...
• A little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
  -- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Madison, 1787...
• A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on Earth.
  .. and what no just government should refuse. -- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, Paris, Dec....
• The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
  It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all....
• Long's Notes 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
  2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent....
• I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing... -- Thomas Jefferso
• I never was an Abolitionist, not even what could be called anti slavery
  but I try to judge farely & honestly and it become patent to my mind early in the rebellion that the North & South could never live at peace with each other except as one nation, and that without Slavery....
• The sheep are happier of themselves than under the care of a wolf.
  -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American statesman and third president, Letter to William Stevens Smith [Nov....